Natto Wada

Natto Wada 和田 夏十 Wada Natto 13 September 1920 18 February 1983 also known as Natsuto Wada was a Japanese script writer and film columnist Wada graduated with an English degree from Tokyo Womens College in 1946 She started her career at the Fujimoto Cinema Production company where she met her husband Kon Ichikawa a filmmaker who promoted her script work to colleagues and collaborated with her on several films She began writing or cowriting scripts in 1951 and continued until 1965 Wadas scripts included the 1953 film Puusan a satirical comedy based on the manga of Yokoyama Taizo the 1956 film Shokei no Heya based on a novel by Ishihara Shintaro That year Wada also wrote Nihonbashi based on a novel by Izumi Kyoka which documented the rivalry of two geisha in a maledominated culture Kuroi Junin no Onna Ten Dark Women was a 1961 film that satirized an egotistical males reliance on his wife to stay out of trouble Also that year Wada wrote Hakai The Broken Commandment a film adaptation of Shimazaki Tosons eponymous 1906 novel which examined the life of a social outcast Wadas adaptation was notable for strengthening the role of the female protagonist Other film scripts by Wada or with collaborators include Biruma no Tategoto Harp of Burma 1956 based on the eponymous 1946 novel by Takayama Michio Enjō Conflagration 1959 based on Mishima Yukios 1956 novel The Temple of the Golden Pavilion Wada was also known for her work as an advice columnist during the 1960s Her column Personal Life Consultation ran in the Asahi Shimbun